Confirmatory factor structure and measurement invariance of the memory compensation questionnaire

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-178

  De Frìas, Cindy M ^a,c   Dixon, Roger A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Factor structure; Invariance; Memory compensation; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 22544472396     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.17.2.168     Document Type: Article

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